Weekly Scribblings - Tree of a different kind
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Half living and half dead
a zombie tree find
Gathers moss in the wet
it's greyed limbs are bare
Birds galore love to perch
avoid it for nests
Except eagles and owls
they nest with views
Dead looking limbs and bows
they are live within
Devouring bugs and worms
invite birds to come
Serve woodpeckers delight
be no quiet nights
Circus for Nature's wilds
oft eerie for man
Wolves and coyotes applaud
howling approval
Owls proud, announce their find
no other dare come near
Scary nights screech and howl
brave souls listening in
Still nights not for this tree
meant to be with crowds
The road is too narrow
more traffic would help
What it really likes is
having its friends near
Wolves and coyotes bugs and
worms. It likes them all
Zombie trees always dead
Biologically
Their inner spirits live
until destruction
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- Poem and Photo Copyright, Jimmiehov 2021, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Rosemary at The Weekly Scribbling #83, https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/08/weekly-scribblings-83-pay-attention.html
- Rosemary invited us to choose one object in nature, examine it closely, letting it inspire in us a sense of wonder, and then write our new poems or prose piece about it (prose to be 369 words maximum).
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Labels: Animals, Artistic Interpretations, June Bugs, Nature, Trees, Weekly Scribbling 21
posted by Jim @ 8/18/2021 12:48:00 AM
7 comments
7 Comments:
I love dead (or apparently dead) trees, when they are as starkly beautiful as this one. I also love all the details you list of the life that abounds within and around it.
I hope this tree will again renew.
I have always loved coming upon a ‘zombie tree’ .. their personalities and stories speak to me. Thanks for choosing this oft neglected tree.
I'm glad you recognize that even a seemingly dead "zombie tree" has something alive at its core. Long may it live!
Appearances can be so deceiving, can't they? So much life creeping around and inside this no-longer-verdant tree.
The tree has plenty of life enjoying it, even if it doesn't look alive itself. I recall you used the term "zombie tree" in a comment to me, I'd never heard it before, but it's perfect.
"Zombie trees always dead
Biologically
Their inner spirits live
until destruction "
loved that ending jim, very well said, enjoyed this my friend.
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